The same scene in the final cut of the movie showed the couple embracing and looking positively gleeful as they prepared to spend some quality time together.

So did something change drastically during reshoots?

Margot Robbie might not have always been so well-treated by her on-screen boyfriend in Suicide Squad (Picture: Barcroft Media)

It’s known that there are two versions of the film, and the one released in cinemas is notably lighter in tone, following extensive reshoots to add jokes.

Perhaps more gentlemanly behaviour from Mr J was also added to the mix.

Early promotion of the film saw Margot Robbie describe Harley and the Joker as having ‘an incredibly dysfunctional relationship’, which seems like an exaggeration considering how their (small) part of the film turned out.

Harley and the Joker in his car (Picture: Warner Bros)

Regardless of how their relationship was set up in the comics, this image – published in Rolling Stone Brazil – seems to suggest director David Ayer originally intended there to be a lot less harmony in the Joker and Harley’s love affair than fans ended up seeing.